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Posted November 2005
Smoke-free Campus Initiative
Selected Resources and References
This document lists the following sources of information to assist as your institution moves toward implementing a smoke-free environment.
Implementation Plans
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Public Health Smoke-Free Hospital Toolkit Resource. http://www.uams.edu/coph/reports/SmokeFree_Toolkit/downloadpage.asp
Includes:
- Establishing Policy
- Establishing a Timeline
- Providing Training on Systems Roles, and Responsibilities
- Communicating the Smoke-free Message
- Providing Systematic Assistance with Cessation
- Supporting Ongoing Implementation
- Other Helpful Resources
University of Michigan Health System Hospital Implementation Plan
http://www.med.umich.edu/mfit/tobacco/freeenvironment.htm
(request plan on CD-ROM: http://www.med.umich.edu/mfit/tobacco/requestSFE.htm)
Guide Books
Making Your Workplace Smokefree: A Decision Maker’s Guide (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/research_data/environmental/etsguide.htm
Becoming Tobacco-free: A Guide for Healthcare Organizations (Maine Health System)
http://www.mainehealth.org/mh_professional/tobaccotools.htm
Employers’ Smoking Cessation Guide: Practical Approaches to a Costly Workplace Problem, is a tool to help employers, large and small, enact affordable, effective smoking cessation programs in their companies. (Professional Assisted Cessation Therapy)
http://www.endsmoking.org/resources/employersguide/employersguide.asp
Coverage for Tobacco Use Cessation Treatments (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/educational_materials/cessation/index.html
Organizations
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community- based voluntary health organization. Its Web site provides a wealth of information, including resources to help smokers quit. Since 1977, the American Cancer Society has sponsored the Great American Smokeout each year on the third Thursday in November. Smokers are encouraged to quit for 24 hours straight in the hope they might quit permanently. Information about the Great American Smokeout is available on the ACS Web site or by calling 1-800-227-2345.
http://www.cancer.org
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association works to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Its Web site houses tools, publications, resources, information to live a healthy lifestyle.
http://www.americanheart.org
American Legacy Foundation
The American Legacy Foundation is a national, independent public health foundation that collaborates with national, state and local organizations through grant awards, research initiatives, marketing efforts, and training programs in an effort to reduce tobacco use in the United States .
http://www.americanlegacy.org
American Lung Association
The American Lung Association has lots of information about tobacco use, including an online "Freedom From Smoking" program.
http://www.lungusa.org/tobacco
Smoke-Free Chicago
The Smoke-Free Chicago campaign urges the enactment of local legislation to protect families and workers from secondhand smoke.
http://www.smokefreechicago.org/
Research/Data Sources
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Publications Clearinghouse
1-800-358-9295 (request materials on the AHCPR Smoking Cessation Guideline)
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
The CDC Web site provides information on how to reach state tobacco control coordinators as well as information for the public.
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco
Mayo Health Clinic
The Mayo Health Clinic site lists resources on a variety of health topics, search "smoking cessation" for a comprehensive list of relevant articles.
http://www.mayohealth.org
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute is the federal government's principal agency for cancer research and training. It coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs related to the cause, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of cancer.
http://www.cancer.gov/
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
This site has interesting information about tobacco use, including several special reports.
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org
National Clearinghouse for alcohol and drug information
This site lists extensive tobacco-related resources provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
http://www.health.org/
National Guideline Clearinghouse
Several tobacco-related guidelines listed in the National Guideline Clearinghouse.
http://www.guideline.gov
National Health Information Center
Established by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, the National Health Information Center is a health information referral service which puts health professionals and consumers who have health questions in touch with those organizations that are best able to provide answers.
http://www.health.gov/nhic/
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
The NHLBI Web site provides links to several tobacco-related reports.
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NIOSH provides leadership to prevent work-related illnesses and injuries. Its Web site provides publications and information resources, data and statistics categorized by industries and occupations as well as by hazards, diseases and injuries.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh
Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Office on Smoking and Health serves as a scientific and technical coordinating center for information on tobacco and the health hazards of tobacco use. It provides public access to literature on tobacco use and tobacco control efforts. The OSH also coordinates communications and public information initiatives for each release of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health.
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco.htm
Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco has many resources for health care professionals available on its Web site.
http://www.srnt.org
If you have any questions about the Smoke-Free Campus Initiative or the tool kit materials, please feel free to contact Gary L. Drain, Human Resources, at 312-906-6026 or Liz Leonard, Public Affairs, at 312-906-6142.
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